The FLUX Team (ERC Project)
@amgc-flux-team.bsky.social
We are a research team at VUB's AMGC lab, focused on reconstructing Earth's intake of extraterrestrial material across geological time. Work funded by the ERC.
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Hello, we are the FLUX team, a research group at @amgc-vub.bsky.social focused on studying Earth's extraterrestrial intake across the Phanerozoic! We are especially focused on cosmic dust variations and how these can be used to further our understanding of the Solar System and Earth's past climate ☄️
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Celebrating the start of the academic year with our @amgc-flux-team.bsky.social friends 🥼😎🎓🔥☀️
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September 18, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Celebrating the start of the academic year with our @amgc-flux-team.bsky.social friends 🥼😎🎓🔥☀️
@amgc-vub.bsky.social
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Lastly, the FLUX PhD and Post-docs wrapped up their week at the #EPSC with a few group photos! 📸 ☄️😀
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@fienjo.bsky.social
@trygveprestgard.bsky.social
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@fienjo.bsky.social
@trygveprestgard.bsky.social
September 15, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Lastly, the FLUX PhD and Post-docs wrapped up their week at the #EPSC with a few group photos! 📸 ☄️😀
@amgc-vub.bsky.social
@fienjo.bsky.social
@trygveprestgard.bsky.social
@amgc-vub.bsky.social
@fienjo.bsky.social
@trygveprestgard.bsky.social
And also congratulations to our #post-doctorate members (Lisa, Samuele, and @trygveprestgard.bsky.social) for presenting their ongoing work on fossil micrometeorites! ☄️
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@amgc-vub.bsky.social
September 15, 2025 at 6:08 PM
And also congratulations to our #post-doctorate members (Lisa, Samuele, and @trygveprestgard.bsky.social) for presenting their ongoing work on fossil micrometeorites! ☄️
@amgc-vub.bsky.social
@amgc-vub.bsky.social
A big congratulations to our PhD students who presented their posters at #EPSC last week! They (Clara, Deepak, @fienjo.bsky.social and Julius) shared their latest work on characterizing new micrometeorite collections from Greenland, the Atacama, and Antarctica! ☄️
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September 15, 2025 at 5:55 PM
A big congratulations to our PhD students who presented their posters at #EPSC last week! They (Clara, Deepak, @fienjo.bsky.social and Julius) shared their latest work on characterizing new micrometeorite collections from Greenland, the Atacama, and Antarctica! ☄️
@amgc-vub.bsky.social
@amgc-vub.bsky.social
The team is back from a very nice time in #Helsinki at this year's #EPSC! Below is a picture of us all, plus Vinciane Debaille of the Université Libre de Bruxelles, as well as Cem Berk Senel and Ozgur Karatekin of @orb-ksb.bsky.social!
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September 15, 2025 at 5:19 PM
The team is back from a very nice time in #Helsinki at this year's #EPSC! Below is a picture of us all, plus Vinciane Debaille of the Université Libre de Bruxelles, as well as Cem Berk Senel and Ozgur Karatekin of @orb-ksb.bsky.social!
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@amgc-vub.bsky.social
During these past weeks, the team has been busy analyzing many newly-found modern and fossil #micrometeorites! Featured in today's post is Clara and Samuele picking out new samples, as well as Maxwell and Trygve measuring their samples with the #Raman spectrometer! ☄️
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August 28, 2025 at 9:24 AM
During these past weeks, the team has been busy analyzing many newly-found modern and fossil #micrometeorites! Featured in today's post is Clara and Samuele picking out new samples, as well as Maxwell and Trygve measuring their samples with the #Raman spectrometer! ☄️
@amgc-vub.bsky.social
@amgc-vub.bsky.social
It's time for more Raman spectra of micrometeorites! Looking forward to analyzing the large amount of data that we will be collecting over the next several days ☄️ #Spectroscopy
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July 31, 2025 at 2:30 PM
It's time for more Raman spectra of micrometeorites! Looking forward to analyzing the large amount of data that we will be collecting over the next several days ☄️ #Spectroscopy
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@amgc-vub.bsky.social
Just after #Goldschmidt2025, our project's Principal Investigator, Steven Goderis, represented the FLUX team at #MetSoc2025 in Perth! ☄️ @amgc-vub.bsky.social
July 22, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Just after #Goldschmidt2025, our project's Principal Investigator, Steven Goderis, represented the FLUX team at #MetSoc2025 in Perth! ☄️ @amgc-vub.bsky.social
Had an incredible time at #Goldschmidt2025! We are delighted, and grateful, to have been able to present our ongoing research on micrometeorites. Here’s a group photo with all the participants! 😊☄️ @amgc-vub.bsky.social
July 15, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Had an incredible time at #Goldschmidt2025! We are delighted, and grateful, to have been able to present our ongoing research on micrometeorites. Here’s a group photo with all the participants! 😊☄️ @amgc-vub.bsky.social
In addition to the poster presentations, Fien, Lisa, Samuele and @trygveprestgard.bsky.social presented their talks on modern and fossil micrometeorites, as well as tektites! We are all grateful to have had the opportunity to present at #goldschmidt2025! ☄️ @amgc-vub.bsky.social
July 15, 2025 at 9:15 AM
In addition to the poster presentations, Fien, Lisa, Samuele and @trygveprestgard.bsky.social presented their talks on modern and fossil micrometeorites, as well as tektites! We are all grateful to have had the opportunity to present at #goldschmidt2025! ☄️ @amgc-vub.bsky.social
The team was happy to be presenting at #goldschmidt2025 in #Prague! On Tuesday last week, Clara, Deepak, Jannes and Julius presented posters on their analysis of various new micrometeorite collections, plus some interesting new cosmochemical data! ☄️ @amgc-vub.bsky.social
July 15, 2025 at 9:08 AM
The team was happy to be presenting at #goldschmidt2025 in #Prague! On Tuesday last week, Clara, Deepak, Jannes and Julius presented posters on their analysis of various new micrometeorite collections, plus some interesting new cosmochemical data! ☄️ @amgc-vub.bsky.social
We are grateful to Lisa for having represented the FLUX team at this year’s #AsteroidDay in Luxembourg! 🌍☄️ @amgc-vub.bsky.social
July 3, 2025 at 12:52 PM
We are grateful to Lisa for having represented the FLUX team at this year’s #AsteroidDay in Luxembourg! 🌍☄️ @amgc-vub.bsky.social
We are happy to end this week with a "family photo" of most FLUX (and related) team members! Despite the Sun being absent, our smiles remained present! A big thanks to Jean-Guillaume Feignon for the photo 😄☄️
April 25, 2025 at 12:30 PM
We are happy to end this week with a "family photo" of most FLUX (and related) team members! Despite the Sun being absent, our smiles remained present! A big thanks to Jean-Guillaume Feignon for the photo 😄☄️
These past two weeks have included quite a bit of work with the SEM! Today various members, including Julius and Lisa (below), have been imaging polished sections of their cosmic spherule finds! ☄️😀
April 22, 2025 at 12:40 PM
These past two weeks have included quite a bit of work with the SEM! Today various members, including Julius and Lisa (below), have been imaging polished sections of their cosmic spherule finds! ☄️😀
It's nearing the end of another productive week! Today's post features @fienjo.bsky.social and Samuele hunting for cosmic spherules, as well as @trygveprestgard.bsky.social measuring micrometeorites using the Raman spectrometer! Included is also an image showing *some* finds made by Sam this week!
April 11, 2025 at 1:37 PM
It's nearing the end of another productive week! Today's post features @fienjo.bsky.social and Samuele hunting for cosmic spherules, as well as @trygveprestgard.bsky.social measuring micrometeorites using the Raman spectrometer! Included is also an image showing *some* finds made by Sam this week!
We are happy to end the day with this relatively large (>400 µm) S-type cosmic spherule find, most likely of the "Barred olivine (Bo)" subtype! This sample was found in Antarctic sediments. ☄️😀
April 2, 2025 at 4:06 PM
We are happy to end the day with this relatively large (>400 µm) S-type cosmic spherule find, most likely of the "Barred olivine (Bo)" subtype! This sample was found in Antarctic sediments. ☄️😀
On Tuesday we collected abundant new Raman spectra of over a dozen cosmic spherules! We look forward to analyzing the data in detail ☄️😀
April 2, 2025 at 8:24 AM
On Tuesday we collected abundant new Raman spectra of over a dozen cosmic spherules! We look forward to analyzing the data in detail ☄️😀
A couple pictures from yesterday showing @zelclara.bsky.social, Julius and @trygveprestgard.bsky.social going through their micrometeorite finds here @amgc-vub.bsky.social ☄️☄️
March 27, 2025 at 9:27 AM
A couple pictures from yesterday showing @zelclara.bsky.social, Julius and @trygveprestgard.bsky.social going through their micrometeorite finds here @amgc-vub.bsky.social ☄️☄️
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A successful day of sampling comes to an end!
Today we took (a lot of) samples from the Devonian-Carboniferous boundary layer and the Hangenberg Shales - let’s see what we will find!
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Today we took (a lot of) samples from the Devonian-Carboniferous boundary layer and the Hangenberg Shales - let’s see what we will find!
@amgc-vub.bsky.social @amgc-flux-team.bsky.social
March 20, 2025 at 6:04 PM
A successful day of sampling comes to an end!
Today we took (a lot of) samples from the Devonian-Carboniferous boundary layer and the Hangenberg Shales - let’s see what we will find!
@amgc-vub.bsky.social @amgc-flux-team.bsky.social
Today we took (a lot of) samples from the Devonian-Carboniferous boundary layer and the Hangenberg Shales - let’s see what we will find!
@amgc-vub.bsky.social @amgc-flux-team.bsky.social
This week starts with Lisa conducting SEM/EDX analysis of several tens of cosmic spherule candidates! Today's samples were only recently identified by our various FLUX team members here @amgc-vub.bsky.social. ☄️😁
March 24, 2025 at 12:05 PM
This week starts with Lisa conducting SEM/EDX analysis of several tens of cosmic spherule candidates! Today's samples were only recently identified by our various FLUX team members here @amgc-vub.bsky.social. ☄️😁
The micrometeorites keep rolling in here @amgc-vub.bsky.social! Here are six (among several tens) of cosmic spherule candidates recently spotted by Samuele in Antarctic sediments! ☄️✨
March 18, 2025 at 5:58 AM
The micrometeorites keep rolling in here @amgc-vub.bsky.social! Here are six (among several tens) of cosmic spherule candidates recently spotted by Samuele in Antarctic sediments! ☄️✨
Today, among other activities, @fienjo.bsky.social and Julius are diligently searching through sand for tiny cosmic spherules @amgc-vub.bsky.social ! Below are only a couple of the spherules that they have uncovered. Great job! ☄️👍
March 13, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Today, among other activities, @fienjo.bsky.social and Julius are diligently searching through sand for tiny cosmic spherules @amgc-vub.bsky.social ! Below are only a couple of the spherules that they have uncovered. Great job! ☄️👍
The micrometeorite hunting here @amgc-vub.bsky.social continues! Today our team came across this "large" 0.5-mm cosmic spherule candidate! For comparison, we have also included a selection of "ordinary" micrometeorites, typical of what we find on a weekly basis ☄️✨
March 11, 2025 at 5:36 PM
The micrometeorite hunting here @amgc-vub.bsky.social continues! Today our team came across this "large" 0.5-mm cosmic spherule candidate! For comparison, we have also included a selection of "ordinary" micrometeorites, typical of what we find on a weekly basis ☄️✨
It's a busy week at @amgc-vub.bsky.social's FLUX team! Among the ongoing activities, Deepak and @trygveprestgard.bsky.social are hunting and verifying potential micrometeorite finds from two different deserts! ☄️✨
January 29, 2025 at 1:04 PM
It's a busy week at @amgc-vub.bsky.social's FLUX team! Among the ongoing activities, Deepak and @trygveprestgard.bsky.social are hunting and verifying potential micrometeorite finds from two different deserts! ☄️✨
Hello, we are the FLUX team, a research group at @amgc-vub.bsky.social focused on studying Earth's extraterrestrial intake across the Phanerozoic! We are especially focused on cosmic dust variations and how these can be used to further our understanding of the Solar System and Earth's past climate ☄️
January 12, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Hello, we are the FLUX team, a research group at @amgc-vub.bsky.social focused on studying Earth's extraterrestrial intake across the Phanerozoic! We are especially focused on cosmic dust variations and how these can be used to further our understanding of the Solar System and Earth's past climate ☄️